Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) - BirdLife species factsheet

Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red list criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	Medium
Land mass type		Average mass	-

Extent of occurrence (EOO)

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	10,600,000	medium
Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2)	2,560,000	medium
Number of locations		-
Fragmentation		-

Population and trend

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
No. of mature individuals		poor	estimated	2009
Population trend	Stable		estimated	-
Decline (3 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (5 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/1 generation past)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation future)		-	-	-
Decline (10 years/3 generation past and future)		-	-	-
Number of subpopulations		-	-	-
Largest subpopulations		-	-	-
Generation length (yrs)	3.9	-	-	-

Trend justification: This species has had stable population trends over the last 40 years in North America (data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Occurrence status	Presence	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Antigua and Barbuda	N	Extant
Bahamas	N	Extant
Barbados	N	Extant
Belize	N	Extant		Yes
Canada	N	Extant	Yes
Cayman Islands (to UK)	V	Extant
Costa Rica	N	Extant		Yes
Cuba	N	Extant
Dominica	N	Extant
Dominican Republic	V	Extant
El Salvador	N	Extant
Greenland (to Denmark)	V	Extant
Guatemala	N	Extant
Honduras	N	Extant
Martinique (to France)	N	Extant
Mexico	N	Extant
Montserrat (to UK)	N	Extant
Nicaragua	N	Extant		Yes
Panama	N	Extant
St Kitts and Nevis	N	Extant
St Lucia	N	Extant
St Pierre and Miquelon (to France)	V	Extant			Yes
St Vincent and the Grenadines	N	Extant
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK)	N	Extant
USA	N	Extant	Yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Canada	Osoyoos Oxbows
Canada	Vaseux Lake Area
Canada	Dundas Valley and Dundas Marsh
Canada	Point Pelee
Canada	Greater Rondeau Area
Canada	Eastern Lake St. Clair
Canada	Pelee Island Natural Areas
Canada	Twelve Mile Creek Headwaters
Canada	Nicolle Flats

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	breeding
Forest	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	non-breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Altitude	0 - 1600 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		International	Non-trivial	Recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Species factsheet: Icteria virens. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/01/2021. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2021) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/01/2021.